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Mon, June 5, 2023 | 06:22

Public welcomed to rediscover newly demilitarized land in Yongsan Children's Garden

Public welcomed to rediscover newly demilitarized land in Yongsan Children's Garden

Yongsan Children's Garden opened on May 4 in 300,000 square meters of returned land from a corner of U.S. Army Garrison (USAG) Yongsan in the middle of Seoul. Inside, visitors can see landscape views rarely glimpsed until now by civilian eyes. It took this reporter four visits to finally make it inside.

2023-06-04 11:59

[LIFE'S OLLE TRAILS 1] How hiking Jeju's 437km of trails changed my life

LIFE'S OLLE TRAILS 1How hiking Jeju's 437km of trails changed my life

Want to know a secret that'll get me canceled on Twitter? When I first arrived on Jeju Island…I hated it. This was not “the Hawaii of Korea” the Immigrant Integration Program textbooks raved about. Twelve months into the COVID-19 pandemic, I found myself staring out the window of the 151 bus, thinking Jeju looked less “Hawaii vibes” and more “abandoned theme park.”

2023-06-04 11:57

Hair of the Dog celebrates 8th anniversary

Hair of the Dog celebrates 8th anniversary

Hair of the Dog, a neighborhood bar located in central Seoul's Haebangchon neighborhood, turns eight. That's 51 in dog years, and it's probably even older for a small business in Seoul. There will be an anniversary party this Saturday, offering food, quizzes and raffles. The raffle prizes include gift certificates, bottles of liquor, baseball tickets, hair products and dog tr...

2023-05-29 18:50

Newly reopened Skunk Hell hosts punk wedding concert

Newly reopened Skunk Hell hosts punk wedding concert

Most wedding ceremonies in Korea are done quickly at chintzy assembly-line facilities, but punk musician Jinu Konda and his wife Krista decided that's not for them. Instead, they're having a party this Saturday at Skunk Sindang, a newly reopened punk club previously located in Nogosan-dong, Sangsu-dong and Mullae-dong.

2023-05-29 03:15

LA comic comes to Seoul for Ladies' Night

LA comic comes to Seoul for Ladies' Night

Some of the funniest women in Korea will take to the stage for Ladies' Night Comedy Show this Friday night.

2023-05-29 01:57

[RAS KOREA] Preserving memories at Cheongju City Archives

RAS KOREAPreserving memories at Cheongju City Archives

I met archivist Lee Shin-ja of the Cheongju City Archives in a serendipitous turn of events. We discussed an entirely different matter when my history with Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, came up. I was a lad of 20 when I lived in the city for almost a year while learning the Korean language. Being an avid hobbyist photographer and an inherent anthropologist, I took pho...

2023-05-28 14:44

Jeju-based shamanism researcher documents connection between humans, crows

Jeju-based shamanism researcher documents connection between humans, crows

Continuing his exploration of Jeju's unique cultural practices, Joey Rositano now presents his latest project, “Scattering,” planned to be a photography book centered around the crow feeding rituals on Jeju Island.

2023-05-28 14:43

[INTERVIEW] How 'bojagi' helped adoptee reconnect with Korean roots

INTERVIEWHow 'bojagi' helped adoptee reconnect with Korean roots

Dawn Tomlinson is a Korean adoptee who found her passion in "bojagi," or Korean wrapping cloths made with fabric strips or scraps, and she sees bojagi as a connection to her Korean heritage. The act of sewing leftover fabric fragments into bojagi resonates with her journey as a Korean adoptee rediscovering her roots, threading together the fragments of her identity.

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2023-05-26 12:33

No. of foreigners who feel discriminated against in Seoul drops sharply: survey

No. of foreigners who feel discriminated against in Seoul drops sharply: survey

The number of foreign residents in Seoul who felt discriminated against by local Koreans in 2022 dropped significantly from two years earlier, according to a survey by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the details of which were released, Thursday. Among the 2,500 foreign respondents, who had been legally residing in the city for 91 days or longer, 38.1 percent indicated that...

Ko Dong-hwan | 2023-05-25 16:56

Transgender surgery should not be criteria for legal sex status change: watchdog

Transgender surgery should not be criteria for legal sex status change: watchdog

Granting a change of legal gender solely based on whether the petitioner had sex reassignment surgery constitutes a grave human rights violation, the state human rights watchdog said Thursday.

2023-05-25 16:24

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